Chase Kalisz Takes Top Seed In Men’s 400 IM Prelims At 2015 FINA World Championships

Jun 20, 2015; Santa Clara, CA, USA; Chase Kalisz (USA) on deck before his heat of the Men's 200M Butterfly during the Championship Finals in evening session of Day 3 at the George F. Haines International Swim Center in Santa Clara, Calif. Mandatory Credit: Bob Stanton-USA TODAY Sports
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With pre-meet favorite Kosuke Hagino of Japan out of the meet due to injury, teammate Daiya Seto will be looking to give Japan its first men’s win of the meet. The defending champion qualified third for tonight’s final with a 4:12.17.

Chase Kalisz, the 2013 silver medalist in the event, is the top qualifier with a 4:11.83. This was Kalisz’s first swim of the meet, waiting through seven days of competition to finally race. He had a close race with Hungary’s David Verraszto, who posted a 4:11.99 in Kalisz’s heat.

USA’s Tyler Clary got into the final with a 4:12.22 for fourth. Daniel Wallace of Great Britain, the reigning Commonwealth Games champion, was fifth overall in 4:13.07. Rounding out the top eight are: Jacob Heidtmann of Germany (4:13.62), Roberto Pavoni of Great Britain (4:13.91) and Yang Zhixian of China (4:15.47).

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Swimming Winner
8 years ago

Nice :/

Natália Antunes
8 years ago

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